Radical resection of giant congenital melanocytic nevus and reconstruction with meek-graft covered integra dermal template

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-657

  Kopp, Jürgen ^a,c   Noah, E Magnus ^a   Rübben, Albert ^b   Merk, Hans F ^b   Pallua, Norbert ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXILLA; BACK; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0038115626     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29157.x     Document Type: Article

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